Bessie Coleman ... plane nose-dived and she instantly fell out and hit the ground,” Toler said. The Jacksonville Journal newspaper had a heartbreaking headline that read: “Jax Airplane Crash ...

Bessie Coleman was the first African ... During her training Coleman witnessed a fellow student die in a plane crash, which she described as a "terrible shock" to her nerves.

Early 20th-century America didn’t offer many career paths to people like Bessie Coleman ... left in the engine caused the plane to spin out of control. Coleman hadn’t been wearing her seatbelt ...